The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-13
LETTER FROM MOBILE,


vi A&NNNAA
a 1t has been so long since | har
y written a line tor the old DEM
Graf STAR, that 10 seems more iii
writing to a stranger than taIkiu
n to an oId-time friend.
/. There is so little to write abou
you do not get from the dailies. q
rather | SHOULD say sthe dailys fror
here, that one has no starting poiut
Since my last two efforts at a uev
paper have been made, the aMorn
ing and the "Evening" Telecram
both OF which were conspicuous by
short lives. In the first instance.
L tbiak there was no excuse for
failure, save Encouragement. and
IN tue last case there was no excuse
tor its life from the manner of IFS
existence. There IS no question
but that a good daily paper can live
ana prosper here in proper hands
and With proper management. The
hegtSteT Is not a popular paper. O
does 1t reflect tue opinions or feel.
lngs OF the majority of our neople.
neither does its course tend TO ben.
ent or build up the city, except on
some particular occasions. when If
"a sPasm of home pride and
Uses equal TO the occasion. n
always appears to me as ii 1t were
.ditetl to get a mouthfull of praise
rom some great Northern daily.
hlch 1t never fails TO reurodnea
or The benefit its home readers.
L~herefore, | repeat that there Is a
held for newspaper enterprise
u Mobile, that would advocate
lo6ile interests aud Mobile peouIe ,
IKE, and would not play toady 70 !
D exceptional class and opjt an !
'hefs. There is Il probability in :
near future of such a paper. !
Inc held IS ready for the harry. :
Il. (
There is much to encourage Ms in
ie business outlook for the tuture. a
new railroad, the Mobile and u
Ifhlinghan, Is being pushed to L
~ pietIon very rapidly, aud daiIy o.
nus are now running as far as a
ckson, on the Bigbee river. We ~
We also IA line OF steamers. twoa "
'ntii from New YORK, which ena.
s small dealers TO bay goods IN al
best markets, aud freisLts are v
~ low, aud soon We expect IN ID
We "A new railroad from Mobile to an
nahIn Island. We have new 1
titutlohs of different kinds grow. pc
up around aud among us, which. Ia
-ohgh In their infancy YET, give !. :
mise OF much good in the Fnture iSh
oh yes, We have "A base hall ON
too. They don't score many mi
les, To be sure, but still lis a nal
bile club made up from PLAYERS lev
D everywhere but Mobile, but in POI
a Mobile manager. And we
t a Sunday law, tuO and it's
reed against every occunatiou
business except base ball. that Fdit
< IN The superior Wisdom OF our u
Attorney not an amusement
Set ii business. l Imagine it
De some kind of a SUNDAY. toI
Oh attachment, and undoubte.I. ;hTc
1pln'Si lisee Iof our youth to speI
III on sunday evenings, tor they
WuIip tho u,u,. "
ora,, ma san'e u u, pro drra
u u church catechiSm, not NO,
oiN lh Tue same connection, bat scas
anne words "juSt the stmp.1 So
agree with The City ATTORNEY IT,
Is | would IT | had to PLAY Ibe ~" :,
} thdt 1t Is not an amusement. tn
ather hard work; but as tits III !.
company, organized for H.
~ money. and large bets and 49,,
gambling done on its results. Il I,
5 have something of "A bust. -
like horse racing, cock go
NJ etc; but, there is no sin in $50
otnpaFptt 10 selling a paper. or I'll
:, or a loaf OF bread, or some 80
to eat. for that's where sin os -
In, and it takes astute minds 80 ~ =
hat OF our City Attorney 10 90 :
yulsh the hair splitting differ. a.. -
between "places of amuse. o. *
and "spOrts aud games;7 be. 49,,
loud mOuthed profanity and 90 :.
Ingi and the selling of a loaf snooOs
iu, ard a man with such a ,ho =
Iy balanced mind that can
.uIsh between the sin of one oidan,
righteousness of the other. IL -.
q cjro,s 1dieodeH was BE-
} hOTses at the same time quite -
fully, unless be came to a -.
OF public opinion that might oat I., - !
bun. The enforcement of $50.
vas a success. That they hv ii
e power TO make aud enforce
.aw IS a fOregOne conclusion. T@;I
'dIency in a city the size of rmon -,
Oeing lis only debatable or -
.laOama State Artillery had
N fSundsv1 81 not a lii
The aAnaoIae-~Piese them a
q much admired by a large
Oh iadles, gentlemen aud Their
Out don't think their factories
LOT either sex or chill supply
: Ue ddopted THIS summer. canned
y . conservative, aud uses. II
..us extreme creme de Ia the mills
society they are o art We NOT
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